OTD 10 October 1903 Prince Charles of Belgium
On 10 October 1903, a Belgian Prince was born in Brussels. He received the names Charles Théodore Henri Antoine Meinrad. He got the title Prince of Belgium and Count of Flanders. Prince Charles of Belgium, Count of Flanders Family Prince Charles as a child Prince Charles of Belgium was the second son of King Albert I of Belgium and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria. He had thus a older brother, who became King Leopold III of Belgium and a sister Marie-José the last Queen of Italy. Prince Charles as a child World War I During World War I the Belgian Royal Children were sent to the United Kingdom. King Albert I remained in Belgium behind the Yser Front. In 1915 Prince Charles started the school of Wixenford in Wokingham, Berkshire. In 1917 he attended the Royal Naval College in Osborne and later in Dartmouth. In 1926 he received the rank of sub-lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. Later that year he returned to Belgium to attend the Royal Military Schoo